Shiro
BH-C
Recently i have the known that many sellers discourage to buy internal hard disks larger than 1 tera because they think that large disks have problems in Vu+ box.
As i already explained the problems with large disks are related to the operative system.
To be clear you cannot create a Linux partition larger than 2 TB using the fdisk command. The fdisk won't create partitions larger than 2 TB. This is fine for desktop and laptop users, but on your Vu+ you need the entire hdd for your media files. For example, you cannot create 3TB or 4TB partition size using the fdisk command. It will not allow you to create a partition that is greater than 2TB.
To solve this problem we have to use parted command with GPT. It supports Intel EFI/GPT partition tables. Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk. It is a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) standard proposed by Intel as a replacement for the outdated PC BIOS, one of the few remaining relics of the original IBM PC. EFI uses GPT where BIOS uses a Master Boot Record (MBR).
Because enigma2 use sfdisk you cannot partiotion and format large disks from your standard menu hdd function.
So to partion format and use this large disks in Vu+ box we will need the parted tool and the kernel EFI support.
The kernel support is already present in the latest Bh images and the parted tool will be added in the next 2.0.5 version if all the tests will be positive.
To try to introduce in the next bh the full support for large disks with a black hole tool to partion and format i was ordering today this disk:
SEAGATE Desktop HDD.15 HDD 4 TB SATA III 6 GB / S 3.5" BUFFER 64 MB
I choose this hdd because:
1) is cheap (about 150 euro)
2) is large: 4 Tera
3) is ideal for Vu+ linux stb because low rpm (5900), low temperature and low power consumption
4) is sataIII 6/gb (to test compatibility)
When the disk will i arrive i will inform you about it supports and compatibility with Vu+ box and Black Hole image.
stay tuned
As i already explained the problems with large disks are related to the operative system.
To be clear you cannot create a Linux partition larger than 2 TB using the fdisk command. The fdisk won't create partitions larger than 2 TB. This is fine for desktop and laptop users, but on your Vu+ you need the entire hdd for your media files. For example, you cannot create 3TB or 4TB partition size using the fdisk command. It will not allow you to create a partition that is greater than 2TB.
To solve this problem we have to use parted command with GPT. It supports Intel EFI/GPT partition tables. Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk. It is a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) standard proposed by Intel as a replacement for the outdated PC BIOS, one of the few remaining relics of the original IBM PC. EFI uses GPT where BIOS uses a Master Boot Record (MBR).
Because enigma2 use sfdisk you cannot partiotion and format large disks from your standard menu hdd function.
So to partion format and use this large disks in Vu+ box we will need the parted tool and the kernel EFI support.
The kernel support is already present in the latest Bh images and the parted tool will be added in the next 2.0.5 version if all the tests will be positive.
To try to introduce in the next bh the full support for large disks with a black hole tool to partion and format i was ordering today this disk:
SEAGATE Desktop HDD.15 HDD 4 TB SATA III 6 GB / S 3.5" BUFFER 64 MB
I choose this hdd because:
1) is cheap (about 150 euro)
2) is large: 4 Tera
3) is ideal for Vu+ linux stb because low rpm (5900), low temperature and low power consumption
4) is sataIII 6/gb (to test compatibility)
When the disk will i arrive i will inform you about it supports and compatibility with Vu+ box and Black Hole image.
stay tuned